I kinda found this comic when this was the first page up, so totally thought that Isaura was the Sidekick Girl. I have since gone back into the archives and know she is not, but still for at least a couple seconds I was really confused

We did consider that new readers starting on this arc might be a little befuddled at first, but we didn’t want to clutter up all the pages with an explanation. We figure y’all won’t have too much trouble sussing it out.

I’m sure you guys have something great planned, but I really hope we get back to the real comic soon. I really didn’t have any burning desire to see the genderbent version of the comic. I was quite happy to find a comic with a strong, complex female protagonist. I’d like to get back to that.

I dunno. I think this foray is a great way of seeing how strongly Val’s character is written. ManVal is reacting and responding the same way RegVal would. That shows that Val is written as a person, not a specific sex. It’s neat to see.

I’m rereading the archives and never fully appreciated Isaura’s henchwoman outfit before. I suspect this is her “everyday” henching outfit and she’s had to wear a few unfortunate ones with some villains (like a chainmail bikini).